It wasn’t long ago that Martin Odegaard’s future at Real Madrid seemed far from certain.

The Norway international, who still hasn’t turned 18 yet, was reportedly unhappy with his lack of first-team opportunities at the Bernabeu. His father wasn’t best pleased with the situation, either, having agreed to reject a host of top European clubs in order to sign for the Spanish giants.

Odegaard was struggling to shine with Real Madrid Castilla - did he think he was too good for Los Blancos’ youth side? - and had failed to convince Carlo Ancelotti, Rafael Benitez and Zinedine Zidane that he was ready for senior football.

Ancelotti even admitted after he left Madrid that he only handed Odegaard his first-team debut at the end of the 2013-14 campaign because he was instructed to do so by Florentino Perez.

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